Oral Question·Department for Transport
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 19 November 2018Answered: 22 November 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Chris McDonald)
The carbon pricing emissions trading scheme is set by the market, rather than the Government. The price is effective at driving investment in carbon abatement measures, but it is for individual operators to decide whether the costs of abatement in a project are effective for them.